Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-01-25

be cloeed, when the same Was for ths
6rss time Published in the daily news
papers-
Il That contestant WAS defrauded cut o.
Is large number of votes, at last l.. in
the Eighth preciaet Of the CITY of Los
Angeles, by the Republican Clerk of ths
Election Board of said precinct mark
ing ON the tally-list more votes for Van
dever than he was entitled to or re
tickets read by the Judge Of election
That in the County of Fresno. Cali
fornia, constituting n portion OF the
Sixth Congressional District. and At
three precincts of ssid county. to-wit,
Central Colsny, 0leander and Temper.
ance, the polls upon the election held on
the 2d day of November last. were no:
opened until ON or about twelve O'Clock
noon of that day. That the votes given
at the Precinct Central Colony were for
Lynch 30, vandever 81. 0leander Pre-
cinct, Lynch Is, Sandever 81
Temperance Precinct, Lynch q.
Vandever 26; and that suah
result would have been changed maseri-
ally, in favor Of the undersigned had
the polls 6eenopen at the time prescribed
by law.
That in -Precinct, Fresno County,
California, one inspector did not sign
the returns.
L. -
day Of October. lSS6. went to the County
Clerks office, at Los Angeles City, with
one George II. Bonebrake (both friends
and supporters of the undersignedL and
asked the County Clerk to appoint him
. deputy for the purpose of registering
his Democ,at political friends at Al
pine Precinct, in the Comfy of Los An
geles. That the said Clerk responded
"tha. he would as soon appoint him as
anyone else. bu. that registration had
closed for the general election to be bel
on November ID, and that all persons
thereafter registered could not vote. =
That Immediately Bonebrake interviewed
Hon. A. Brunson, Judge of the Superior
Court OF Los Angeles County, 4 Rspsb-
lican- who. said the Judge. informed him
that the opinion given by the County
Clerk was correct, and that said opinion
of said Brunson he communicated at
once to Ncrthcraft, aud that said North
craft being satisfied that the action and
opinion of the County Clerk were cor
rect, he ceased all effort. ID register tbs
voters in his said Precinct. and that BY
such action and opinion Of said County
Clerk. a. corroborated by Judge Brun-
son, said Nor;hcraft. acting upon and
confiding therein, thought it useless to
take farther action in II sisterirs voters
in said Precinct. Whereby the under
signed lost at least twenty votes.
WILL
That the County Clerk from the time
of the original posting and publication
of the notices that no one could be reg
issered after the 2i day of October. 1856.
to the day of election registered all the
names sent in by deputies Of Republican
procliviiies, all of whom were appointed
by himself mp to and including the LIST
day of November, 1856
The second supplement Of the Crest
Register was not furnished to tie Board
of Election, or to any of the voters at
the polls of the E ghsh Precinct of the
city Of Los Angeles. until between 9 and
10 o'clock A. N. on the uiorning of the
election, to:xit, November 81, 1856. by
A. n. Hamilton, Deputy County Clerk.
That at the White House precinct IN
the Sseond ward of L1s Angeles city, NJ
said general election. large amounts of
money were by Republican ward strik-
ers, bulliss aud ticket peddlers engaged
in fostering and furthering the interests
of the Republican State ticket general
ly, and the candidacy OF said Nandevsr
In particular, us~d IN infilen ..ng electors
TO vote for said VanGever who osherxise
would have voted for contestant, and by
which means he believes and hence AYERS
he lost one hundred votes.
That at said precinct and at said gem
eral and Congressional election, there
being during the whole day I long line
of electors waiting to deposit their sui
frayes st the polling place, II was one Of
the many tricks resorsed ID BY said
strikers. managers. ticket pediiers and
friends of said Vandever to further has
interests ami to prevent Democratic
electors from vo'ing, for contestant. To
hire and they did hire and Pay parties
who had already voted and others not
qualified to vote to stand in the lire of
said electors as II wanting to deposit
their ballots, but which parties when SO
presenting themselves were, by the
Demonstrations and accomplices CT the
parties who had SO hired and paid them,
challenged as to their righs to vote; that
thereupon, as part Of said plan and car
rying out OF the same there ensaed
lengthy dispute which finally resulted
In said vote being rejected or with
drawn; tnat by these plans and tricks,
Democratic voters to the number of SEQ
or mere were prevented from voting and
whose votes would have been cast fer
contestant
That at the precincts of Pleasant VAL
ley and San BaenavsnEurs In the county
of Ventura, electors who desired to vote
at said General ard Congressional cleo
tion for contestant, were. by intiDida-
tion and threats on the part of Regub-
lican ward strikers, ticket peddlers and
bullies, employed In farthsring
and fostering the interests OF the
Republican ticket in general and
OF said Vandever in particular,
prevented from voting thereat,
and contestant AYERS that the said elec>
tors SO insimidated and threatened. and
20 prevented from voting. would have
cast their ballots for him for Cougress,
and that he thereby lost votes.
That at the same and other precincts
in said county there was used at said
election and for the purpose of inftRenc>
ing electors to cast their votes for said
Vandever q large amount OF money,
which Was used by Republican ward